Lee Mi-kyung (politician)

Lee Mi-kyung (Korean: 이미경; Hanja: 李美卿; born 2 September 1950) is a South Korean politician and women's right activist currently serving as the head of KOICA, Korea International Cooperation Agency, since her appointment by President Moon Jae-in in November 2017.[1] She is the first woman to lead the Agency as well as one of four women who served five or more terms in the National Assembly.

This is a Korean name; the family name is Lee.
Lee Mi-kyung
이미경
President of Korea International Cooperation Agency
Assumed office
28 November 2017
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Prime MinisterChung Sye-kyun
Preceded byKim In-sik
Member of National Assembly
In office
30 May 2004 – 29 May 2016
Succeeded byPark Joo-min
ConstituencySeoul Eunpyeong A
In office
30 May 1996 – 29 May 2004
Constituencyproportional representation
Personal details
Born (1950-09-02) 2 September 1950
Busan, South Korea
Political partydemocratic
Alma materEwha Womans University
ReligionRoman Catholicism
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
李美卿
Revised RomanizationI Mi-gyeong
McCune–ReischauerRi Mi-gyŏng

Before assuming the current role, Lee worked for roughly twenty years each at civil society and parliament.

She revealed that her career as a feminist activist started when she participated in creating women's studies course at her university funded by United States Agency for International Development in 1977 during her speech at Global Engagement & Empowerment Forum on Sustainable Development in 2019.[2] At the same occasion, she also praised the German aid organisation, EZE (now-EED, Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst) for providing financial assistance in founding women's organisation, now-Korean Women Link, in 1982. After serving as the first co-vice-chair and chair of now-Korean Women Link until 1986, she led Korean Women's Associations United as its vice president and chair for a decade. She also was high ranking member of The Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan from 1990 to 1996. From 1994 to 1995 she was the co-chair of Korean Women’s NGO Committee for Beijing World Conference on Women working with current Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, then-its spokesperson.[3]

From 2000 to 2008 Lee took high-ranking role in her parties including the first secretary-general of Democratic Party succeeded by then Assembly member Lee Nak-yeon. From 2012 to 2016 Lee was the co-president of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament and chair of its Korean branch. After failed to be nominated to run for re-election in 2016 general election from her party, she took high-level role in Moon's presidential campaign in 2017.[4]

Lee graduated from Ewha Girls' High School and Ewha Womans University where she earned her undergraduate degree in English language and literature and postgraduate degree in political science and diplomacy. From September 2016 to August 2017 she was the visiting professor at Graduate School of Policy Studies at her alma mater.

Electoral history
Election Year District Party Affiliation Votes Percentage of votes Results
15th National Assembly General Election 1996 proportional representation Democratic Party 2,207,695 11.2% Won
16th National Assembly General Election 2000 proportional representation Democratic Party 6,780,625 35.9% Won
17th National Assembly General Election 2004 Seoul Eunpyeong A Uri Party 50,785 51.78% Won
18th National Assembly General Election 2008 Seoul Eunpyeong A Democratic Party 33,638 45.82% Won
19th National AssemblyGeneral Election 2012 Seoul Eunpyeong A Democratic United Party 42,672 49.05% Won
gollark: Way easier than going outside.
gollark: I just take vitamin D supplements!
gollark: Imagine WANTING """sunlight""".
gollark: Well, I have no idea what could cause this, citrons should go fix it somehow?!
gollark: Oh BEE.

References
  1. "KOICA President Appointed".
  2. "2019 글로벌지속가능발전포럼(GEEF)" [2019 GEEF speech] (in Korean).
  3. "이사장 프로필" [President of Board Profile] (in Korean).
  4. 박보람 (2017-11-28). "Female ex-lawmaker named new chief of KOICA". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.